Mikel Arteta confident Arsenal will respond to dramatic Aston Villa loss

Evening Standard

Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta expects his side to bounce back after their title ambitions stuttered with a dramatic defeat at Aston Villa.The Gunners have a nervous disposition when it comes to sticking around in title races due to recent history, but Arteta is expecting a strong response.

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00:00What is the level of the league?

00:06But that's the league.

00:08You go to Old Trafford, you go to St James' Park,

00:11you go to Chelsea, you come here.

00:15We've been in a lot of difficult grounds

00:17and today the result could have been different.

00:19The reality is not and that's the step that we have to make.

00:23We've been 18 games unbeaten and still we are there,

00:26very close to each other.

00:27And that's the level of the league.

00:29We know that that's the opportunity that we had ahead of us

00:32and that's it.

00:33Now it's time to bounce back.

00:35They have given me all the right reasons to think

00:37that we're going to continue to perform at the same level

00:39because what the boys tried to do today again

00:42with the schedule that we had, it was amazing.

00:45So move on.

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